Raccoon Island Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Edisto Island

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Contents 1 Background 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

Background

A 100 acre plantation, a small area once part of Meggett Place Plantation. Near Laurel Hill Plantation.^[1]

Originally granted to Henry Bailey in 1698, it was passed on to Ralph Bailey, John Calder, Archibald Calder, and eventually (with gaps in the record) to Edward Whaley Seabrook.

Racoon Island was too small to maintain a big house. It was primarily planted in cotton.

1698 deed
Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775.^[2]

Owners

1. Henry Bailey
2. Ralph Bailey
3. John Calder^[3]
4. Archibald Calder (d. 1777)
5. Archibald John Calder (d. 1804)
6. Edward Whaley Seabrook

Slaves

1. Slaves of John Calder, South Carolina
2. Slaves of Archibald Calder 1777
3. Slaves of Archibald John Calder 1804
4. Slaves of Edward Whaley Seabrook

Sources

1. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p. 155
2. ↑ Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775: "Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775"
   Catalog: Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775 Memorial books, v. 3-4
   Film number: 008621904 > image 952 of 1183
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C34L-L3ZM (accessed 7 May 2023)
   • 1698 deed for Ratoon Island
3. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1763-1767 1765-1769
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1763-1767 > No File Description Available > image 223 of 812
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-J6Q6-RS (accessed 27 February 2023)
   • Slave inventory of John Calder 1766/7

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